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...DANGEROUS LIFE (HBO, Nov. 27, 28, 29, 8 p.m. EST). A dictator is deposed, a former housewife sweeps into power, and the Philippine revolution is replayed, docudrama style, through the eyes of an American reporter (Gary Busey...
...Gary Busey, who plays the lovable, hard-drinking Uncle Red, seems to understand that lines have to be timed. His performance is the movie's least tiring...
Also on the set is the Ballplayer (Gary Busey), jealous Jolting Joe, who simmers and frets and generally acts betrayed. The man who has come to represent genial Mr. Coffee is nothing but an oversized gum-chewing adolescent, as idiotically captivated by his own fame as are his fans. The big brute is more than just a moron, he's an oxymoron...
...first see Karl (Gary Busey) a farm-boy, stumbling across the desert clumsily, trying to escape the wrath of his father-in-law, whose son he accidentally killed. There he meets the legendary figure known as Barbarosa (Willie Nelson), who is himself being pursued by his own Mexican in-laws the Zabala family--because of a long standing, yet obscurely motivated vendetta...
...beaten features speak for themselves, like the landscape. Though he delivers his lines effectively and emotionally, he still doesn't so much act as lend his corporeal presence to the film. Though we never learn much about the man, we can still appreciate the legend in full force. Gary Busey, a terribly underrated actor, is equally magnificent in his transition from a clumsily sensitive young man, to a man equaling Barbarosa's legendary stature. The whole film shows a great care and craftsmanship rarely seen nowadays in bigger productions...